This race, which went on for exactly four exactly four months, was the last of its kind.
這場比賽持續了整整4個月，是這類比賽中的最后一次，
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 精確地;確切地;完全地，全然;恰恰;
?? ex出，出去+act行動，做+ly表示狀態、程度、方式、“...地” →精切的,精確地,恰好
"Good, you have exactly hit off the writer's style."
很好, 你已將那位作家的風格確切地刻畫出來了.
近義：identically, just, particularly, perfectly, precisely, properly
反義：inaccurately
n. 賽跑;人種;競爭;民族;
v. 參加比賽;快速移動;空轉;
?? 比賽跑（r=run）第一（ace，撲克a）
"Much to his chagrin, he did not win the race."
使他大為懊惱的是他賽跑沒獲勝.
近義：hurry, nip, run, scurry, speed, sprint
反義：pace
n. 末尾;最后;上個;鞋楦（做鞋的模型）;
vt. 經受住;到…之后;夠用;足夠維持（尤指某段時間）;
adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的;
vi. 持續;
adv. 上一次，最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在剛過去的七月，雙方簽訂了和平條約。
近義：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost
反義：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
n. 〈古〉方式，方法;本質，天性;同類;某類;
adj. 仁慈的，體貼的;友善的，好心的;溫和;寬宏大量的;
"Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted."
他外表冷漠，心地卻十分善良。
近義：nature, order, quality, rank, sort, stamp
反義：heedless, impolite, inattentive, inclement, abrupt, loutish